$10 more to park in Hoboken municipal garages

The City Council voted Wednesday night to raise parking rates in municipal garages by $10 a month for residents and $50 a month for reserved spaces for nonresidents, reports today's Jersey Journal.

The measure also raises daily rates from $4 to $7 for one hour. Where parking was $7 for up to three hours, it will become $10 for up to two hours. The rate for up to eight hours will rise from $15 to $17, and from $25 to $26 for up to 12 hours.

According to the Journal, these increases for daily and monthly rates are expected to generate $720,000 in additional revenue for the city. The new rates go into effect on March 1.

More on the parking increase after the jump!

"This is the kind of resolution I want to rip up and toss in the garbage," said Council President Theresa Castellano in the Jersey Journal article. She and Michael Russo were the only council members to vote against the parking rate increase.

"I don't mind commuters, I don't mind the nonresidents, but it's very disingenuous to whack our residents again," she said, referring to a previous $25 hike.